Ticul de Morales Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It is located in the western part of the state at (20°24′N 89°32′W / 20.400°N 89.533°W) 100 km south of the state capital city of Mérida. The municipality, which has an area of 355.12 km2 (137.11 sq mi), in the 2005 census reported 25,621 inhabitants. The city of Ticul which is the municipal seat had a population of 21,147, the ninth-largest community in the state in population. The majority are ethnically Maya. Its largest other towns are Pustunich and Yotholín.
Ticul de Morales | |
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 Ticul City Hall | |
 Region 7 Sur #089 | |
  Ticul de Morales Location of the Municipality in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 20°24′N 89°32′W / 20.400°N 89.533°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Yucatán |
| Government | |
| • Type | PAN 2018–2021[1] |
| • Municipal President | Camilo Moises Salomon Lopez [2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 355.12 km2 (137.11 sq mi) |
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| Population (2010[3]) | |
• Total | 37,685 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
| Postal Code | 97860 |
| Area code | 997 |
| INEGI Code | 089 |
| Major Airport | Merida (Manuel Crescencio Rejón) International Airport |
| IATA Code | MID |
| ICAO Code | MMMD |
Geography
editClimate
edit| Climate data for Ticul | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.8 (85.6) |
31.7 (89.1) |
34.1 (93.4) |
36.7 (98.1) |
37.7 (99.9) |
35.7 (96.3) |
35.3 (95.5) |
35.1 (95.2) |
34.3 (93.7) |
32.6 (90.7) |
31 (88) |
29.9 (85.8) |
33.7 (92.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15 (59) |
15.9 (60.6) |
17.6 (63.7) |
19.4 (66.9) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
20.6 (69.1) |
18.0 (64.4) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 20 (0.8) |
130 (5) |
36 (1.4) |
51 (2) |
110 (4.5) |
170 (6.6) |
140 (5.7) |
170 (6.5) |
190 (7.5) |
120 (4.8) |
51 (2) |
41 (1.6) |
1,230 (48.4) |
| Source: Weatherbase[4] | |||||||||||||
Communities
editThe municipality is made up of 32 communities the most important are as follows:
Notable people
editFrancisco Ché Cacique de Ticul who ruled from 1562 to 1569.
Gallery
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ticul Municipality.
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The church at night -
City Hall -
Church
References
edit- ^ "Presidente Municipal" (in Spanish). Mérida, Mexico: PRI. 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Municipios de Yucatán »Santa Elena" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ "Mexico In Figures:Sacalum, Yucatán". INEGI (in Spanish and English). Aguascalientes, México: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). Archived from the original on 6 May 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Ticul, Yucatán". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.